As far as a Twin Reverb goes, that should be a great amp for
steel. Here's what Jerry Byrd has to say about it in the book
"The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians"
(edited by Lorene Ruymar, published by Centerstream Press):
Well, of course, just as soon as I read this
Brad Bechtel wrote:
Oh, yeah...Solomon Ho'opi'i Ka'ai'ai is the king of Hawaiian
guitar.
How would you like to have him in your band come band
introduction time, mid-second set and five beers into the night?
"...on bass, Geff King, and over here to my left, on steel"
Dave
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Dave
Hey there,
Brad Bechtel wrote:
Oh, yeah...Solomon Ho'opi'i Ka'ai'ai is the king of Hawaiian
guitar.
How would you like to have him in your band come band
introduction time, mid-second set and five beers into the night?
"...on bass, Geff King, and over here to my left, on steel"
Anyone out there want to take a run at completeing the following statement:
fill in the blank is to the lap steel
what
Mississippi John Hurt is to fingerstyle guitar
What little I know about playing fingerstyle guitar I learned from
listening to Mississippi John Hurt's relatively simple,
In a message dated 4/14/99 7:55:47 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Anyone out there want to take a run at completeing the following statement:
fill in the blank is to the lap steel
what
Mississippi John Hurt is to fingerstyle guitar
Jamie Swedberg form the Blockheaters.
Blah blah fill in the blank is to the lap steel what Mississippi John Hurt is to
fingerstyle guitar
What little I know about playing fingerstyle guitar I learned from listening to
Mississippi John Hurt's relatively simple, elegant work. Who should I be listening to
to hear lap steel lovingly
Assuming that lap steel = non-pedal steel (as opposed to literally and
exclusively a little bitty guitar that sits face up on your lap), Leon
McAuliffe and Don Helms are pretty obvious choices for guys who mostly
played pretty simple stuff that's nevertheless right on the money, and I'd
add
Sol Hoopii, Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol. 1 and others (my copy
is Rounder 1024), is certainly a primer on this kind of instrument. He
used a couple of different tunings on this effort recorded between 1926
and 1930, which was probably a simpler time.
In further lap steel news, and since
Mitch Matthews wrote:
Anyone out there want to take a run at completeing the following
statement:
fill in the blank is to the lap steel
what
Mississippi John Hurt is to fingerstyle guitar
Jamie Swedberg form the Blockheaters.
Oh bullsh*t, I am a complete hack at it! But very sweet of
